Timeline of 1869

(Meiji 2; 明治二年)

  • 1869/1
  • 1869/2
    • 2/5 The government encourages to set elementary schools to all regions.
    • 2/8 The newspaper regulations ban criticism against the government.
  • 1869/5/18 Enomoto Takeaki surrenders.(End of the Boshin War)
  • 1869/6
    • 6/17 The return of domain lands to the state. (Hanseki Hokan)
    • 6/24 Russia sends troops to Karafuto.
    • 6/29 The government builds a new shrine for soldiers who died in the Boshin War.(Later called Yasukuni Shrine)
  • 1869/8/3 Farmers riot in Takasaki.
  • 1869/9/4 Omura Masujiro assaulted by a former Choshu samurai.
  • 1869/10/12 Farmers riot in Toyama.
  • 1869/12
    • 12/14 Farmers riots in Ogaki, Owari.
    • 12/25 The first telegraphic communication lines between Tokyo and Yokohama.


Births and Deaths of 1869

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